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Sunday RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY deaths
BANKRUPTCIES
Myra Adams, Oxford John L. Baker, Heflin Janet Bush Bennett, Centre Venice McGatha Black, Piedmont Josephine G. Bocka, Ohatchee Lucille E. Boone, Anniston Ann Minter Moorer Boyd, Florida Edna Rose Brown, Georgia Winston Clyde “Buzz” Burger Jr., Leesburg Gwendolyn Busby, Anniston Troy Lee Butterworth, Oxford Bernice C. Carter, Anniston Leeanne A. Clark, Oxford Harold Coffey, Centre Bernice Bovine Rogers Cosper, Graham Paul Edward Deason, Oxford Charlie R. Edmondson, Anniston Clyde Arvey Gentry, Louisiana David Gessler, Ohatchee Kenneth Gerald Gilbert, Centre Thelma Owens Gilley, Piedmont Gary Alan Hall, Panama City, Fla. Ruth Herring, Albertville Hillard Huckaby Jr., Anniston Charlie Hoytt Hutchison Jr., Eastaboga Lillie Jackson, Jacksonville Gerald Thomas Jenkins, Weaver Barbara Jones, Anniston Sarah Willene Jones, Yellow Creek Clara Reece Jordan, Fort Payne Mildred Laney, Oxford Robert “Butch” Lathem, Providence M.C. Lawson, Pell City Ethel Vera May, Roanoke Ashley Winsett Maybery, Jacksonville Barbara June Hicks Monroe, Lincoln Naomi Morris, Anniston Velma Hughes Morton, Oxford Mary A. Nicholas, Anniston Emma J. Noble, Millerville John “Jim” Owen, Anniston Bettyjo Greene Parker, Temple, Ga. Jeanette Hall Rainey, Piedmont Tony “Big Daddy” Renaldo, Weaver Dr. Frank Anthony Romano III, Jacksonville Paul Heflin Savage III, Piedmont Allen Dean Shaffer, Jacksonville Calvin Coolidge Sims, Ashland William Franklin “Bill” Smith, Ohatchee Margaret Jenkins Starr, Oxford John Henry Carter “Boogalou” Thomas Sr., Anniston Frances Mayton Thompson, Jacksonville Billy Gerald Thrasher, Jacksonville Eileen Agnes Turner, Jacksonville Mary Della Owens Webb, Saks Maudine Welch, Lineville Lelia Whitson, Munford Philip Clyde Williams, Jacksonville Wallace Williams, Oxford Wanda Jean Pruitt Williams, Piedmont Warren H. Williams, Wedowee
CATTLE SALE
MARRIAGE LICENSES
• Jeffery Lee Cox of • David Alex Miller Jacksonville to Eliza- of Oxford to Brandy beth Rose Guarnieri of Michelle Lester of Jacksonville Oxford • Joshua Daniel Craw- • Dennis Lee Gann of ford of Anniston to Anniston to Shirley Caitlin Victoria Cole of Ann Nolen Hulsey of Anniston Eastaboga • Daveon Quonteze • Brandon Donta SavSteagall of Jackson- age of Jacksonville to ville to Laura Davina Evelyn Rheann Hall of Siders of Jacksonville Jacksonville • Donnie Floyde Gresh- • Leslie Craig East am of Heflin to Donna of Anniston to Alana Dickson English of Danielle Pledger of Anniston Anniston • Robert Bradlee • Bruce Sylvester Ogle Strickland of Welling- of Anniston to Lisa Lynn ton to Julie Rose Clay Tidwell of Anniston of Wellington • Jowann Quintez SidChapter 7 • Jequaun Thomas ers of Oxford to Olivia • Christopher D. Johnson and Grace G. Davis of Anniston to Ashley Brown of Lenise Patrice Hudson Oxford Johnson, Amanda Lane, Weaver of Anniston • Jeremy Dean Moore • Sandra Bowen, Anniston • Robert Eric Fulmer of Anniston to April • Patricia Ann Cardinal, Jacksonville • Raymond L. Glenn Jr., Ben Martin Drive, of Anniston to Jacie Michelle Boyd of Margaret Pinkham of Anniston Wellington Oxford • Marcus A. Quinn, Weaver • Jennifer E. Quinn, Russell Drive, Weaver WILLS PROBATED • Deidrick Koonce-El, Sylacauga • Grace T. Koonce-El, Hickory Lane, Oxford • Kathryn L. Hanson • Edward L. Champion Chapter 13 • Sarah Mayfield • Terry Hoyt Hodges Owen • Thomas C. Turner • Jeremy Westbrook and Vonquietta S. • Billy Wayne Grindle • Harry R. Barnwell Westbrook, Polkville Drive, Anniston • Alfred M. Kemp • Roberta McClellan • Mary Alice Johns Davie A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts. The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week:
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Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 999 compared to 640 last week. Receipts a year ago 983.
FEEDER CLASSES:
Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 160.00-215.00; 300-400 lbs. 150.00 to 200.00; 400-500 lbs. 127.00 to 162.50; 500-600 lbs. 120.00 to 150.00; 600-700 lbs. 103.00 to 140.00. Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200300 lbs. 140.00 to 180.00; 300-400 lbs. 120.00 to 152.50; 400-500 lbs. 120.00 to 138.00; 500-600 lbs. 115.00 to 131.00; 600-700 lbs. 104.00 to 121.00.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
Cows: Breakers 74.00 to 79.00; Boners 80.00 to 85.00; Lean 68.50 to 73.00. Bulls: Normal Dressing 5458% 93.50 to 96.50; High Dressing >58% 100.00; Low Dressing
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FORECLOSURES
• Brittany L. Goray and Rachel N. Haynes, Hillandale subdivision, block C, lot 3. • Regina Eubanks, Pressley Place, lot 5. • Precious Candance Boozer and Eula M. Boozer, Windwood Estate, lot 15. • Encasa Real Estate Sales & Development LLC, a parcel of land in section 21, township 15, range 8.
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Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A reward of up to $1,000 may be given.
Anniston
Street: air conditioners, refrigerator. • Residence, 300 block of Elm Street: DVD’s. • Residence, 200 block of McArthur Drive: jewelry, Pit bull puppy.
bama 109: boat motor. • Specialty store, 2800 block of U.S. 431: copper tubing. • Residence, 0-99 block of West 50th Street: jewelry, cash, medication.
Thefts
Auto-related thefts
The following property crimes were reported to the Anniston Police • Parking lot, 100 block of East Department during the seven-day 10th Street: cell phone, case, FM period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. transmitter. • Residence, 1600 block of ColeBurglaries man Road: cell phone. • Residence, 1800 block of Walnut • Hotel, 5600 block of McClellan Boulevard: cash. Avenue: desktop computers. • Residence, 0 block of Net Street: • Public building, 300 block of E air conditioners, washing machine, Street: sofa. • Bar, 1500 block of Hillyer Robdryer. • Residence, 1300 block of Carter inson Industrial Parkway: purse, shoes, cosmetics, debit card. Street: television. • Residence, 1700 block of Moore • Unknown location, 1500 block of Garrett Circle: copper wire. Avenue: household items. • Residence, 400 block of East 22nd • Field, Old Gadsden Highway/ Ala-
• Hotel, 1600 block of Quintard Avenue: digital camera, video camera, navigation system. • Residence, unspecified block of 16th Street/Cooper Avenue: string trimmer.
Calhoun County
The following property crimes were reported to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Thefts
• Residence, Circle Drive, Oxford: personal papers.
Auto-related thefts • Street, intersection Rocky Hollow Road/Mill Branch Road, Jacksonville: 1976 Ford F100.
Oxford
The following property crimes were reported to the Oxford Police Department during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Burglaries • Unknown location, 200 block of Hilldale Road: power blower, pressure washer.
Thefts
Anniston
The following felony arrests were reported by the Anniston Police Department (addresses not provided) during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Thomas Anthony Grayson, 24: discharging firearm into building, intimidating a witness. • Domineke Jequan McMillian, 21:
Auto-related thefts
• Home Depot, 350 Crystal Waters: • Residence, 900 block of Snow Street: 1977 Chevrolet C10. tools. • Residence, 1300 block of Airport
ARRESTS The people listed in this arrest report, whose names and charges are obtained from public records, are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Road: gasoline, vehicle parts. • Kohl’s, 1600 Oxford Exchange Blvd.: fragrance products. • Specialty store, 600 block of Snow Street: cell phone. • Convenience store, 1700 block of East Hamric Drive: cash. (Recovered 08-18-2012) • Sears, 700 Quintard Ave.: shoes. (Recovered 08-17-2012) • Hotel, 100 block of Davis Loop: cash. • Cato’s, 139 Plaza Lane: cell phone. • Parking lot, 700 block of Quintard Ave.: catalytic converter.
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
discharging firearm into building, intimidating a witness. • Emmitt Keith Johnson, 40: possession of a controlled substance. • Henry Muniz, 64: possession of a controlled substance. • Bradley Wayne Bryan, 30: fugitive from justice. • Bradley Paul Simmons, 40: thirddegree burglary. • Christopher Parker Gay, 45: possession of a controlled substance. • Anthony Jerome Tolbert Jr., 23: distributing a controlled substance.
Calhoun County The following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the 7-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday • Donald Keith Willis, 50, of Piedmont: first-degree receiving stolen property. • Devonta Cornelious James, 32, of Anniston: first-degree promoting prison contraband, escape. • Cortney Demons Huguley, 34, of Anniston: second-degree escape, first-degree promoting prison contraband.
Here are food service establishments recently inspected by the Calhoun County Health Department, along with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. Potentially hazardous deficiencies (four- or five-point demerit items) are noted. These must be corrected immediately and inspectors say they are often corrected while the inspection is underway. Restaurants earning below 70 must raise their scores within seven days or face closure.
NO MAJOR DEMERITS
• Camp Lee, Anniston — 97. • Food Outlet, 618 Pelham Road, S., Jacksonville — 95. • Golden Dragon, 100 Ladiga St., SW, Jacksonville — 97. • Jefferson’s, 407 Pelham Road, N., Jacksonville — 96. • New Life Kiddie Korner Day Care, Anniston — 98. • Outback Steakhouse, 196 Springbranch Drive, Oxford — 96. • OutTakes, 400 E. 10th St., Anniston — 98. • Too Nice To Slice, 204 Grace St., Oxford — 99.
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• Weaver Lion’s Club, 7 p.m., Weaver Senior Citizen’s Center, president Don Kessler, 256820-0043. Support Group: • Oxford Rotary Club, noon-1 p.m., Western • AA “First-Things-First”, 5 p.m., United Sizzlin’, Oxford. Methodist Faith Community, 7777 U.S. 431, Miscellaneous: Alexandria, 256-403-5397. • AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee • Low-cost spay/neuter transport to the Ave., enter through rear of building, 256- non-profit Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic in Irondale takes place at 7:30 a.m. (also 237-6196. • Courage to Change Group of Narcotics second Monday of each month), returns Anonymous, sponsorship book study, open, Tuesday at noon, at Pickett’s on McClellan non-smoking, 3 p.m.; discussion, open, Boulevard. Call (877)-3FIXPET (334-9738) smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble for an appointment. Visit www.alsave.org or www.alabamaspay/neuterclinic.com for Street between 10th and 11th streets. • Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, more information. • Senior water aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 2:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anonymous, 7- a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete 8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s). Mathews Coliseum, call Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 for more information. Monday • Senior floor fitness class, 8:15-9:15 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Support Groups: Coliseum, dance studio, call Aubrey Cros• Free family support meeting, 5-6 p.m., Brad- sen at 256-689-2580 for more information. ford Health Services, 1701 B South Pelham Tuesday Road, Suite D, Jacksonville, Brookstone building next to Jacksonville Medical Center, meeting is for any person who is expe- Support Groups: riencing behavioral problems with a loved • AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee one; has a family member of any age with Ave., enter through rear of building, 256drug or alcohol problem; needs help coping 237-6196. with loved one’s drug or alcohol problem; • Steel Magnolias, Breast Cancer Inc., , for needs help making decisions on how to help patients in treatment, recovery and their a family member of any age, a counselor will significant others, and Men of Steel (for facilitate this meeting, call 256-237-4209 for men supporting women), 5 p.m., Physicians Building, suite 403, 901 Leighton Ave., fourth more information. • AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee floor, 256-231-8827 or visit www.steelmagAve., enter through rear of building, 256- noliasinc.org. • Stroke Support Group, for stroke patients in 237-6196. • Lakeside Hospice Grief Support, 3 p.m., Tal- treatment or recovery and their caregivers, ladega Health Care Facility, Chaffee Street, 1 p.m., Cancer Resource Center, suite 406, Physicians Building, 256-235-5146. 800-427-3993. • Courage to Change Group of Narcotics • Bariatric Support Group, for persons interAnonymous, basic text study, open, non- ested in bariatric surgery or those who have smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble had bariatric surgery and support people, Physicians Office Building, suite 102, 901 Street between 10th and 11th streets. • Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, Leighton Ave., contact Ann Couch, RN, CBN at 256-236-1300. 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anonymous, 7- • Courage to Change Group of Narcotics 8 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s). Anonymous, discussion, open, smoking, noon; women’s meeting, candlelight, smokMeetings: • Saints John Lodge 931 Communications, 7 ing, 7 p.m.; 11th Step Meditation meeting, closed, non-smoking, 8:30 p.m., Atlanta p.m., 1400 Wilmer Ave. • Hartwell Masonic Lodge No. 101 F & A.M. Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and of Alabama, 7 p.m., 600 Main St., Oxford, 11th streets. • Mental Illness Support Group, for patients 256-282-2035. • Civitan Club, noon, Classic on Noble, 256- with bi-polar, depression, and other dis236-9874. orders and those interested in providing
support, 1:30 p.m., Tyler Center, 731 Leighton Ave., in the galley. • New Perspectives, a narcotics anonymous group, 6:30-7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 109 Gayle St., behind McDonald’s, Jacksonville, 256-435-4881. • Free parenting classes to residents of Calhoun County, sponsored by Family Services Center of Calhoun County, 13 E. 11th St., call 256-231-2240, ext. 120, to sign up. • One day at a time Al-Anon group, noon1 p.m., (new location), Physician’s Office Building, Suite 406, call Ann Garner at 256237-3464 for directions or more information. • Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting, noon, Tyler Center, in the Galley. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anonymous, 78 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s). • True Transformation, a Christ-centered recovery program for women only, noon, 1211 Noble St. • National Association for Retired and Active Federal Employees, Volunteer Service Center, 9 a.m.-noon, Anniston Army Depot, Building 220, (outside main gate), to assist retired federal employees. Call 256-235-4631 to make an appointment or for more information.
Meetings: • Marine Corps League Chaffin Detachment, Calhoun County, 7 p.m., Calhoun County Civil Defense Building, call 256-310-6481 or 256892-1767 to join or for more information. • Eastaboga Masonic Lodge No. 155, 7 p.m., Lodge building in Eastaboga, 256-835-7576. • Anniston Runners Club, 5:30 p.m., at Anniston YMCA, W. 14th Street. Call 256-3100830, e-mail ddunn@annistonstar.com or visit www.annistonrunners.com. • The Anniston Rotary Club, noon, Anniston Country Club, Highland Avenue. • Calhoun County Stamp Club, 7 p.m., Room 327, Stone Building, Jacksonville State University, corner of Church Avenue and 11th Street, 256-782-0084 or 256-831-8338. • North East Alabama Table Tennis Club, 5-9 p.m., Anniston Army Depot Gym, Bynum, 256-689-8603. • Bridge Club, 9 a.m., Lenlock Center No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003.
Miscellaneous: • Anniston First United Methodist Church men’s prayer breakfast, 6:30 a.m., The Bridge, 1400 Noble St., at rear of church, all men are invited to attend, call 256-236-5605. • Free, confidential counseling for prospec-
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Support Group:
• AA meeting, noon and 7 p.m., 1411 Gurnee Ave., enter through rear of building, 256237-6196. • Celebrate Recovery, 12-step Christ-centered recovery Step Study Group, 6 p.m., Word Alive International Outreach, Coldwater, 256-225-2186 or 256-223-6593. • Courage to Change Group of Narcotics Anonymous, 90 minutes, closed, candlelight, smoking, 7 p.m., Atlanta Avenue, off Noble Street between 10th and 11th streets. • Free parenting classes for parents of 2to 12-year-olds, 9-11 a.m., Family Services Center of Calhoun County, 13 E. 11th St. Child care provided, 256-231-2240. • Alcoholics Anonymous Piedmont group, 7:30 p.m., 801 Hughes St., Piedmont. • Help in Progress Narcotics Anonymous, 78 p.m., 2236 U.S. 78 W., (1 mile from Fred’s). • New Wine Recovery Support Group for addicts and alcoholics, 6:30 p.m., Hill Crest Baptist Church, “The Rock,” room 208, Family Life center. Meetings: • Men’s Bible Study of Anniston First Baptist Church, 8 a.m., McDonald’s in Lenlock, 256847-0230.
Miscellaneous:
• Bridge Club, 11 a.m., Lenlock Center No. 5, 5818 McClellan Blvd., 256-225-0003. • Senior water aerobics class, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, call Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 for more information. • Senior floor fitness class, 8:15-9:15 a.m., Jacksonville State University, Pete Mathews Coliseum, dance studio, call Aubrey Crossen at 256-689-2580 for more information.
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PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Judy M. Kilgore to Kimberly Paige Fraser and Robert Edward Fraser, a parcel of land in section 14, township 13, range 8, $10. • J. H. Connell and Joyce Connell to James Donald Latta, Woodhaven subdivision, 2nd addition, block 2, lot 10, $10. • Matthew J. Bellia and Margaret M. Bellia to William E. McMahon and Dorothy P. McMahon, Ashton Place, 2nd addition, block C, lot 11, $179,000. • Margaret G. Kerns-Estate to Robert Todd Mobley, a parcel of land in section 12, township 13, range 9, $40,000. • Stephen Vise to Jackie Waites and Mary S. Waites, Anniston Land Co., block 521E, lot 7, $8,000. • Farmers & Merchants Bank to Southern States Bank, Covington Ridge subdivision, phase 2, lot 35, $10. • Southern States Bank to Anthony Duane Peck and Julie D. Peck, Covington Ridge subdivision, phase 2, lot 35, $10. • Jeffrey Means to Shirley Y. Means, Sun Valley subdivision, 1st addition, lot 24, $10. • Robert Dale Smith and Sherry L. Smith to Lorraine Leona Measles, Fox Trace subdivision, 1st addition,
lot 15, $10. • Calhoun County Economic Development Council to NLM Enterprises LLC, a parcel of land in block 13 of Hillyer Robinson Industrial Park, $10. • Fletcher Bonds and Elizabeth Brown Bonds to Gary Bonds and Nancy Bonds, a parcel of land in section 34, township 13, range 8, $10. • Branch Banking & Trust Co. to Housing & Urban Development, Buckhorn subdivision, phase V, lot 32, $10. • Darryl R. Kack to Jacqueline Prestridge, R. L. Perkins, block 541, lot 13, $22,000. • TS Fairways LLC to Lindsay M. Kirkland and James H. Kirkland, The Fairways at Cider Ridge, phase 3, block 17, lot 2, $148,500. • TBC Homes LLC to Michael Eugene Morgan, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block WH, lot 6Wh, $207,000. • Thomas Lee Reaves to Donna Johnston and Gerald Johnston, a parcel of land in section 26, township 15, range 7, $10. • Sara West-Estate to James F. Westbrook Jr., Sara West Estate, lot 17, $10. • Marcelino Hembra Lim Jr. and
Cathryn C. Lim to Lim Revocable Trust, Anniston City Land Co., block 501, lots 10 and 11, $0. • William Dale Bates and Cindy Bates to James Elbert Bundrum, a parcel of land in section 25, township 16, range 6, $10. • Southern States Bank to Billy W. Tolleson, Sagewood subdivision, lots 1 and 2, $10. • Merrell T. Haynes and Barbara Haynes to Charles F. Warneke and Carolee Ann Warneke, Park Village, phase 3, lot 116, $10. • Fannie Mae to Kimberly M. Rueger, Central City Heights, block 10, lots 1 and 2, $25,750. • Hugh Mark Duncan and Faith Walsh Duncan to Hugh Mark Duncan, Anniston Land Co., lots 13 and 16, $10. • Robert E. Leftwich and Martha Leftwich to Robert O. Leftwich and Beverly A. Leftwich, a parcel of land in section 25, township 14, range 7, $10. • Stephen D. Pressley II and Wendy Pressley to Robert Dale Smith and Sherry L. Smith, a parcel of land in section 27, township 14, range 7, $10. • Thomas D. Huffaker-Estate to Jamie Hall, Shannon Hills subdivision, block 8, lot 16, $10.
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• Eugenia McCoy to Michael Scainetti and Sarah Scainetti, a parcel of land in section 3, township 13, range 10, $10. • Rodney L. Heard to Stanley L. Heard, a parcel of land in section 23, township 14, range 9, $1. • David L. Alves and Kathleen L. Alves to William L. Hurst and Tiffany W. Hurst, Cotton Creek subdivision, phase 3, lot 14A, $10. • Earl Eugene Rhodes II to Alvin C. Stephenson, Nannie Sue Stephenson and Alvin C. Stephenson Jr., a parcel of land in section 6, township 14, range 8, $10. • Timothy B. Wilkinson and Katherine Mitchell Wilkinson to Timothy B. Wilkinson, a parcel of ladn in sections 23/24/25, township 13, range 7, $1. • James C. Hale and Megan S. Hale to Rodney E. Thornton and Sherry M. Thornton, Cherry Acres, 1st addition, lot 2, $10. • Kathy Ann Nunnally to Sherry Landers, High Oaks subdivision, 5th addition, bloc 1, lot 1, $10. • Housing & Urban Development to Matthew Ronald McCoy, C. H. Hill’s 3rd addition to Jacksonville, block A, lot 1, $30,000. • Housing & Urban Development to Bismark LLC, Whispering Oaks
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subdvision, 1st addition, lot 20, $41,752. • PHH Mortgage Corp. to Housing & Urban Development, Covey-Rise subdivision, block A, lot 5, $10. • Lavada S. Vice to Kenneth Vice, a parcel of land in section 3, township 17, range 8, $10. • Pinehurst LLC to Barry Smith, Pinehurst subdivision, lot 12, $100. • Mary S. Montgomery to William Paul Denni and Ruth Ellen Porter, Montgomery subdivision, lot 1, $10. • James L. Hicks, Roger D. Hale and Susie H. Hale to Bruce P. Taitano, Clarissa R. Taitano, Roscoe L. Griffith and Lynn W. Griffith, a parcel of land in section 34, township 14, range 7, $10. • James G. White and Johna White to Daniel O. Ryan and Jamie Ryan, Parker Place subdivision, lot 10, $10. • Farmers & Merchants Bank to Phyllis M. Gurley, Woodland Heights, block 1, lot 15, $10. • Adam Alterman and Gisela Perez Alterman to Gisela Perez Alterman, Lenlock Lane, block C, lots 3 and 4, $10.
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Parents deported, what happens to U.S.-born kids? By Helen O’neill Associated Press
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SSM hospice nurse Teresa Held listens to the respiration of retired flight engineer-turned-auto mechanic Benny Davenport, 84, in his St. Charles county home on Aug. 10.
Is hospice a better way to die? By Jim Doyle St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Breathing has become increasingly difficult for Jeanne Lampe, who spends her days hooked to an oxygen tank. Lampe, 79, has “end stage” emphysema, but still lives at home in a south St. Louis apartment. She’s visited twice a week by a nurse from Hope Hospice Inc., which also provides a massage therapist, a social worker, a chaplain and workers to help with showers and chores — all paid for by Medicare. When the end comes, she’s resolved to die at home, on her own terms. “Death itself doesn’t bother me, but emphysema is a crappy death. You’re basically gasping for breath,” she said. “When I’m ready to go, I want morphine and a margarita.” Lampe is among a fast-growing number of patients who are choosing hospice, which seeks to provide comfort rather than a cure. Advocates say the trend holds great potential to hold down runaway U.S. health costs by steering end-of-life patients away from more expensive and aggressive hospital care. But the industry’s rapid growth also presents regulatory challenges to federal authorities concerned about unethical recruitment of patients and the cherrypicking of less complex but more profitable cases. The number of hospice patients on Medicare doubled to 1.1 million between 1998 and 2008, according to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Another estimate of hospice patients this year, from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, put the number at 1.6 million. “With the aging population and many people suffering from chronic illnesses, the number of people choosing hospice has exploded,” said Melissa D.A. Carlson, an assistant professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. “As people understand hospice, they want more and more to stay at home with their family.” And more and more health care providers want to get into the burgeoning market. About 58 percent of Americans still die without hospice care, says the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, leaving ample room to grow the business. A decade ago, hospice care was a niche dominated by nonprofit organizations. But now at least two-thirds of licensed hospices in the St. Louis area are run by forprofit companies, according to the state Department of Health and Senior Services. And about 80 percent of Medicare-certified hospice providers entering the market between 2000 and 2009 were for-profit firms, according to a study published in June by Health Affairs, a Bethesda, Md.based policy journal. “There’s obviously money to be made,” said Carlson, who co-authored the study. In the big picture, advocates say, hospice offers more quality of life and dignity in death — at much lower cost. In St. Louis County, for instance, providers receive a daily rate from Medicare of $144.91 for each patient in “routine” hospice care. That typically includes the cost of drugs,
medical equipment, supplies, and nursing care, but not room and board. By contrast, hospitalization in an intensive care unit can cost upwards of $10,000 a day, including drugs, equipment and staff costs. “It is a phenomenal benefit to the family members and the patient as well as the health care delivery system,” said Judy Alexander-Weber, president and chief executive of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis, a nonprofit whose hospice workers visit residences and nursing homes. “It’s the most cost-effective way to manage end-of-life care.” Costs aside, many hospice patients choose that option out of a more fundamental desire to control their destiny and manner of dying. Benny Davenport, 84, a former flight engineer and auto mechanic, resides in St. Charles County, Mo., with his wife Martha — and wants to keep it that way until his death. SSM Hospice is helping his wife take care of him as his lung cancer spreads through his body. “I want to clone my nurse,” Davenport said. “I’m as happy as I can be.” Greater use of hospice by terminally ill patients, advocates say, would improve quality of life and help save Medicare funds for future generations. Hospice is “the best, well-rounded care because you have all the disciplines involved,” said Jane Moore, executive director of the Jefferson City-based Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association. Helen Cassidy, director of Mercy Hospice, said that as a nurse she grew tired of seeing people die in the hospital without the comfort of loved ones and familiar surroundings. “When it’s your own home, you maintain control,” she said. “For dying people, it’s important to maintain control.” Walter Sanders, a cancer patient who turned 80 on Wednesday, has been in hospice care with the Visiting Nurse Association since June 15. The retired Continental Can worker lives in south St. Louis with his disabled son, Gary, 55. “At home, you have more freedom,” he said. “If I want to go out in the yard and sit I can do that. I can look at my flowers.” The rush into the hospice marketplace, however, has raised concerns from regulators, investigators and academics about the potential for unethical operators. Carlson questioned whether for-profit hospices may be “cherry picking” their mix of patients to increase their profits. “A longer length of stay is more profitable for a hospice,” Carlson said. “They tend to have patients with non-cancer diagnoses. My guess is that they aggressively seek out patients with other diagnoses.” A study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that for-profit hospice providers were more likely to have patients who require less complex, less costly care — but stay longer in hospice. The study found, for instance, that forprofit firms have a higher proportion of patients residing in nursing homes. These patients are more likely to have dementia, which means they probably will live longer but have fewer needs than cancer patients.
STAMFORD, Conn. — Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life and his carefree childhood unraveled overnight. “She went for her papers,” he says. “And she never came back.” Alexis’ father, Rony Molina, a landscaper, was born in Guatemala but has lived here for 12 years and is an American citizen. Alexis, now 11, and his 8year-old brother, Steve, are Americans, too. So is their 19-year-old stepsister, Evelin. But their mother, Sandra, who lived here illegally, was deported to Guatemala a year and a half ago. “How can my country not allow a mother to be with her children, especially when they are so young and they need her,” Rony Molina asks, “and especially when they are Americans?” It’s a question thousands of other families are wrestling with as a record number of deportations means record numbers of American children being left without a parent — despite President Barack Obama’s promise that his administration would focus on removing only criminals. Nearly 45,000 such parents were removed in the first six months of this year, says the federal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At least 5,100 U.S. citizen children in 22 states live in foster care, according to an estimate by the Applied Research Center, a New York-based advocacy organization, which first reported on such cases last year. And an unknown number of those children are being put up for adoption against the wishes of their parents, who, once deported, are often helpless to fight when a U.S. judge decides that their children are better off here. “I had no idea what was happening,” says Janna Hakim of the morning in 2010 when a loud knocking at her Brooklyn apartment door jolted her awake. It was the first Friday of Ramadan, and her Palestinian mother, Faten, was in the kitchen baking the pastries she sold to local stores. Janna, then 16, and her siblings were all born here. None knew that their mother was in the U.S. illegally — or that a deportation order from years earlier meant she could be whisked away by ICE agents and her family’s comfortable New York life could come crashing to a halt. “I am not a criminal. I am the mother of American children and they need me, especially the younger ones,” she cried over the phone from Ramallah, where she is living with her own mother after 20 years away. “How can a country break up families like this?” Critics say the parents are to blame for entering the country illegally in the first place. “Yes, these are sad stories,” says Bob Dane, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates tougher enforcement against illegal immigration. “But these
parents have taken a reckless gamble with their children’s future by sneaking into the country illegally, knowing they could be deported.” “Not to deport them,” he continued, “gives them the ultimate bonus package, and creates an incentive for others to do the same thing.” Others, including Obama, say splitting up families is wrong. “When nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing ... when all this is happening, the system just isn’t working and we need to change it,” Obama declared during his first run for president in 2008. A year ago, he told a Texas audience that deportation should target “violent offenders and people convicted of crimes; not families, not folks who are just looking to scrape together an income.” And, last year ICE announced a new policy of “prosecutorial discretion” that directs agents to consider how long someone has been in the country, their ties to communities and whether that person’s spouse or children are U.S. citizens. “That gave us a lot of hope,” said David Leopold, general counsel for The American Immigration Lawyers Association. “Now we are all scratching our heads wondering where is the discretion when many of our lawyers continue to see people being deported with no criminal record, including parents of American children.” ——— “Quiet, slow-motion tragedies unfold every day ... as parents caught up in immigration enforcement are separated from their young children and disappear,” Nina Rabin, an associate clinical professor of law at the University of Arizona, wrote last year in “Disappearing Parents: A Report on Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System.” Rabin, an immigration lawyer, says one of the most unsettling experiences of her life was witnessing the “cruel and nightmarish destruction” of one Mexican family whom she represented in a fruitless attempt to keep a mother and her children together. The mother, Amelia Reyes-Jimenez, carried her blind and paralyzed baby boy, Cesar, across the Mexican border in 1995 seeking better medical care, Rabin said. She settled in Phoenix — illegally — and had three more children, all American citizens. In 2008 she was arrested after her disabled teen son was found home alone. Locked in detention, clueless as to her rights or what was happening to her children, she pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges, and then spent two years fighting to stay with her children. Twice her attorneys tried to convince an immigration judge that she qualified for a visa “on account of the harm that would be done to her three U.S. citizen children if she were to be deported,” Rabin said. She lost and was deported back to Mexico in 2010.
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Rony Molina poses for a photograph at his home in Stamford, Conn. Molina’s wife, Sandra, was deported to Guatemala in 2010.
Former Syrian radio star struggles with exile By Hannah Allam McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Never, ever say the word “revolution.” Protesters are to be called “terrorists” at all times. When a listener calls in to praise the president, you must agree in flowery terms. When suffering civilians beg you to describe their plight, you ignore them. Those are just a few of the rules imposed on Honey al-Sayed in the final weeks before she abandoned her nationally broadcast radio show, “Good Morning, Syria,” which drew millions of listeners each day. Eight months ago, al-Sayed left Damascus under the pretense of pursuing her studies, though she knew she was fleeing
both the regime of President Bashar Assad and a rebel movement that’s killed media personalities who are seen as pro-government. For months after al-Sayed left, the radio station continued to play promotional jingles for her show, to cover her departure and make her return seem imminent even when it became apparent that she was gone for good. She’s used her blog and social media accounts to support the uprising but she’s kept silent about her own departure, mostly out of fear for her family still in Damascus, she said, but also because of lingering shame that she believed in Assad’s potential for reform long after the death toll was in the thousands. Now she’s telling her story, offering a
rare portal into the regime’s propaganda machine and an explanation for why Assad remained attractive to so many Syrians for so long. “The reason I left was to keep what’s left of my personal and professional integrity,” al-Sayed, who’s 39, said in a three-hour interview in Washington, where she’s living as a refugee. “I compromised it. But I didn’t know what else to do. I had fear.” Al-Sayed got her break in 2005, when Assad ushered in some mainly cosmetic reforms, including the right to private media ownership. Some of her friends seized on the chance to open the country’s first independent radio station, Al-Madina FM, and they hired al-Sayed for the coveted morning slot.
As al-Sayed sees it, she was a pressure valve that helped fed-up Syrians blow off steam without really threatening the regime. She embodied the Westernfriendly Syria that Assad projected when he inherited power from his father in 2000: She challenged old taboos on women, embraced a secular lifestyle, spoke a cool patois of English and Arabic, and made bold on-air jokes about rampant government corruption. She prided herself on pushing against the regime’s red lines. “That’s why people became loyal to him,” she said of Assad’s efforts to rebrand his family’s authoritarian dynasty. “When you don’t have anything, and suddenly you have something — even if it’s very little, even if it’s your right — it’s like candy.”
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